I pretty much hated The Time Traveler's Wife and She's Come Undone, but the most painful book ever was Love In The Time of Cholera. His other book, 100 Years of Solitude (or something like that) looks good, but I've stayed away based LITOC.

The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. I have mixed feelings about it actually, but leaning more toward dislike.

Originally Posted by utopiastars

Oh, I liked that one. I just finished it the other day. It's one of those books that stays with you for a while...although not in a good way. I have an elderly PITA mother whom I have had lifelong control issues with, so maybe that influences my review.

Originally Posted by RedCatWaves

RCW: Have you read Fall On Your Knees. Parts were hard to take, but the characters were so well written and stuck with me for days after I read the book.

Bitter is the New Black- Don't know why I bought it but it was irritating. The author just seemed like she went out of her way to be a b-word. I've always thought being a b-word should just come naturally.

The Golden Notebook- I went from interesting to boring to kinda interesting again to monotonous drivel. Ugh.

The Help- HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE. And it is so loved by so many... still hate it.

I couldn't make it through Wicked. I keep wondering if I should try again, since I know so many people who love it. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who didn't enjoy it, and maybe it's not worth a third attempt.

I couldn't make it through Wicked. I keep wondering if I should try again, since I know so many people who love it. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who didn't enjoy it, and maybe it's not worth a third attempt.

Originally Posted by discolemonade

Try again

Hated it the first time I read it, and then I thought, "let's give it another chance." (Re-read it at least once a year now).

I have to jump on the bandwagon and echo the Twilight series (well, books 1-3 since I couldn't stand to read the last one). I just don't get the appeal or why they're so darn popular for all the reasons already mentioned!

I'd love to say I hate Twilight. In fact I do hate it... but geez it's like candy for the brain. You can hate what it does to you but can you really hate the taste?

And The Catcher In The Rye. Don't talk to me, lol. I know it's sacrilegious to dislike this story but I don't like it and I don't have to like it. DX Some parts were funny but I wouldn't read it in my free time. I know that it's a very socially relevant and historic novel that changed the course of popular culture and blahblahblah, but frankly it's little more than a story about some hipster prep school brat who decided he knows everything about everything and ruins his life in the process.

I love all of you who said "The Great Gatsby". I've always loathed this book and had to read three times in high school. It got worse each time. What is the point of that book, exactly?

Anything by Nicholas Sparks. Maybe it's because I'm an aspiring author, but I hate, hate, hate when authors reuse the same storyline over and over again. Changing the names doesn't mean it's a new story!!!

As far as underrated books go, I read mostly Christian fiction and my favorite books of all time are written by Liz Curtis Higgs. The first one is "Thorn In My Heart"... I reread these books about every year and *every.time* I get so emotionally involved that I bawl/laugh/throw the 2nd book across the room. Wonderful, wonderful writing.

Oh, they get worse. Around book 10, the whole series devolves into a porn free-for-all. It's terrible.

Originally Posted by nynaeve77

Oh but that's like the best part besides the killing and all the guns!

Ok...maybe its just me...but I've been trying to read "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and just can't get into it. I kep trying to plug along but its just not doing it for me. Please tell me it gets better....

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Anything by Nicholas Sparks. Maybe it's because I'm an aspiring author, but I hate, hate, hate when authors reuse the same storyline over and over again. Changing the names doesn't mean it's a new story!!!

Originally Posted by storybookendings

Im with you on that one. I have read two of his books and found them utter drivel. I loved the film The Notebook but the book was awful. Reading it, I can't understand why they made it into a movie (only that Im very glad they did lol)